Protestant Gallery

John Calvin and the four syndics at Geneva

John Calvin and the four syndics founding the seminary which became the College of Geneva, 1559.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1500s, 16th Century, Art, Calvin, Calvinism, College Of Geneva, Europe, European, Geneva, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, John Calvin, Protestant, Protestant Reformation, Reform, Reformation, Reformer, Religion, Swiss, Switzerland, Traditional, Vintage

Joseph Smith translating the Book of Mormon

Joseph Smith translating the Mormon "Golden Bible" aloud to Oliver Cowdery, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 19th Century, America, American, Art, Book Of Mormon, Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, Clergy, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Joseph Smith, Latter Day Saints, Mormon, North America, Oliver Cowdery, Protestant, Protestant Sect, Religion, Sect, Traditional, Translating, United States, Us A, Vintage, Write, Writer, Writing

Massachusetts Puritans removing the cross from the English flag

John Endicott cutting the cross out of the king's banner in Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1600s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1600s, 17th Century, American, Art, Boston, Colonial, Colonist, Colony, Cross, English, English Colony, Flag, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Intolerance, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England, North America, Protestant, Puritan, Religion, Religious, Salem, Settler, Symbol, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage